Fixed or secure in position. Of a person, esp. a soldier in battle: Maintaining his ground. (Now with mixture of sense A. 2) †Also, of a battle…

Firmly fixed in place; not susceptible to disturbance or displacement; stable, stationary. Now rare except as passing into sense 4a.

Firmly held by the roots. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative: securely established; firmly fixed.

Having a firm foundation or support; firm, unshaken, fast.

Of material objects. Firmly fixed or established, stable. Obsolete.

Having many roots or strong roots (literal and figurative); deeply entrenched, established, or fixed.

Firmly implanted or fixed (esp. in or to something) by or as if by roots. In attributive use.

Of a material object: not liable to break or give way; firm, sound; fixed, immovable. Somewhat archaic in later use.

Firm, stable, fixed.

Chiefly poetic. Fixed in place; firmly grounded or stationed. Now rare.

Placed or attached firmly; fastened securely; made firm or stable in position.

That has been introduced or implanted; infixed.

Securely or steadily fixed, not easily moved or shaken, stable.

Fixed in position. Obsolete or archaic.

Fixed or fastened so as not to become loose, give way, fall off, or come apart; firmly held in place; tightly closed; (of a fastening, etc.) not…

Firmly fixed or bound in its place; strongly attached or secured; not easily moved; also figurative faithful, steadfast, constant.

Designating a style of horse riding in which the rider remains firmly seated in the saddle throughout a trot. Cf. sitting trot n. at sitting, adj.…

That is or has been locked (in various senses of lock, v.1).